The purpose of this report is to investigate the phenomenon of homebound girls in Jordan, or girls under the age of eighteen who withdraw themselves, or are withdrawn by their family, from school and spend their days working as domestic laborers in the home. This report firstly aims to understand the reasons that led to their confinement and secondly, to identify possible interventions to allow homebound girls access to education and strengthen their social development. The research conducted was based on in-depth interviews with 46 homebound girls and 40 mothers in four locations in Jordan: Marka, Marfaq, Ma’an, and Zarqa, and was complemented by a literature and legislative review on the children’s rights focused on the issue of child labor.

This is the Human Rights Watch report on how serious restrictions imposed on non-citizen children of Jordanian women in #Jordan can trap them at the margins of society.
In Jordan, a child born to a J...

The purpose of this report is to contribute accurate data on the status of the girl child in Jordan and to analyze the manner by which cultural ideology practiced by the community influences the formu...

The advocacy and awareness campaign was implemented between February and October 2016 targeting and working with many stakeholder groups including government, media, youth and the general public. All ...